, 1887-08-11
SI6l.47 TO H TON.
Such Is the Assay of the Product
of Silver Crown.
The Shelter Running to Its Fullest
Capacity.
Copper, Silver and Gold in Paying
Quantities.

For several days everybody in Chey-
emit has been on the tip toe Interpretation
awaiting the firing up of the smelter at
the Silver Crown district. The furnace
was fired up Yesterday morning and
worked smoothly under the supervision of
Superintendent Reese. who has been very
confident OF the future OF the camp since
he was placed in charge of the smelter,
and who has frequently asserted that the
camp would exceed the expectations of
Reese is a mining expert and mill opera
tor of twenty-three years experience, and
has been dubbed THE Father of Butte"
The furnace ofthe smelter was fred up
by willing hands at an early hour yester-
day morning. At IL o'clock the blast
was started and an hour and a half later
they tapped the smelter for Stag, which
flowed from the furnace like moulton iron.
At l:30 o'clock the furnace was tapped
for bullion, aud as the miners a~nxiously
and almost breathlessly awaited the result
of their u%ntiring labors, the mat appeared
at the crevice prepared for that purpose
and gladdeDed the hearts of the now hap
py miners and prospectors, who were conf
dent that the mat would assay high and
bring a good price, whether marketed in
Denver, San Francisco, New York or
Swansea. They will probably send it to
the latter place. though more than twenty
bids have been received from various rein
cries for the entire output of the district.
Over 300 tons of ore were already roasted
and waiting for the smelter when the fire
was kindled. Fully $50 tons are being
roasted in another pit, and from present
indications it is safe to say that the fur
naces will not be allowed to cool for thirty
days or more.
AT 5 O'Clock yesterday evening A. Il.
johnson, of the Tribune, and VIM. Nc
Donald, who has been prospecting in the
district for years, arrived from Silver
Crown, having in their possession a large
section of the mat which had been taken
from the smelter. The newspaper man
distributed several pieces of the mat to
various gentlemen who own prospects In
the district, and it was from one of the
latter that a specimen was obtained by a
LEADER reporter. 1t was taken to the
laboratory of Wilbur s. Knight and there
assayed, with the following highly salts
factory result:
Z OF. gold per ton.....................S IA At
30. 5 OF. silver per ton.~.-..."...... % %
1886 per cent copper. ...,.......... III 70
Total At
This Is figuring the gold at s2O.67 an
ounce, silver &c cents, and copper 10 cents
per pound.
Mr.. Knight says the proportion of the
various metals greatly facilitates their
separation. The cost of preparing the
mating is estimated at $50 per ton.
Every Cheyenne mar who has an inter.
est in the camp, and nearly every citizen
own a prospect or claim, is iubilant
over the future of the district.
The success of the district means a
great deal to Cheyenne. The hills will be
covered with prospectors inside of ten
days. All food, clothes, ETC., used in
that section is of necessity purchased in
this city. A branch line will in all prob.
ability be constructed from the nearest
point on the Cheyenne & Northern to the
camp, and direct and rapid communica-
ton insured between Silver Crown and
Cheyenne.
An enthusiastic citizen, who has in
vested thousands OF dollars in the camp,
assured a reporter last night that he
could desire no better returns, and ven
tured the assertion that Silver Crown
would be worth $4,000 a month to
Cheyenne before snow appears this fall.
The force about the smelter will be in
creased at once and the machinery worked
to its fullest capacity. Mine owners are
t~elegraphing to Butte, Mont, and Colo
RADIO points for competent workmen, and
propose to see that the smelter is not al
lowed to remain idle a moment.
As ore of the same character as the
Silver Crown mineral Is smelted elsewhere
and yields less than 500 per ton it is
self evident that those who have insisted
that Silver Crown had a future are about
to be rewarded.
To say hat the result is gratifying and
pleasing doesn't express it. Mine owners
and those interested are more than salts
fed and are CORRESPONDENCE jubilant.
Great credit is due Baker & johnson,
A. H. Swan, Geo. f. Morgan, w. NJ.
Mast, and other gentlemen commanding
capital, who have shown their faith in
the camp,
The ore now being snelted is from the
Louise and Colorado mines. The former
is the property of Mr.. liver johnson, w.
NJ. Mast is interested in the latter.
A large number of citizens will leave
for the camp this morning and view the
process Of extracting the gold, silver and
copper from the native ore.
The next act on the programme is for
the board of trade to offer some monied